Sheaf-carrier



(No Model.) I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

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Patented May 8, 1888;

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2 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. GOETZE, OF BAHNER, MISSOURI.

SHEAF-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,603, dated May 8, 1888.

Application filed July 19, 1887. Serial No. 244,769. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, GEORGE H. GOETZE, of

Bahner, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle-Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bundle-carriers for harvesters; and it consists in the combination of a suitable frame-work, the foot-lever, a connecting-rod, a partiallyrotating bearing carrying the arms of the bundle-carrier, and a mechanism for turning the. arms upon their pivots atthe same time that their outer ends are lowered to discharge the bundle, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to so construct a bundle-carrier that its arms shall have both a turning and a rising or returning and falling movement at the same time, so that when the driver moves the foot-lever the arms will be swung around from the side of the machine and raised to receive the bundle, and when the lever is moved in the opposite direction the arms will be both folded together toward the side of the machine and dropped at their outer ends, so as to discharge the bundle.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspectives of the device embodying my invention, taken from opposite sides. Fig. 3 is a bottom view, the arms 0 being shown in one position in solid lines and in another position in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the parts which embody my invention.

A. represents the reaper and binder frame, which is provided with the elevator B and inclined surface 0, over which the grain is packed and bound and then dropped upon the arms of the bundlecarrier, and which parts B 0 form no part of my invention, but are shown here merely to show where and how my bundlecarrier is used. Upon the cross-timber D of the reaper, and which extends across the lower edge of the inclined surface B, is mounted the drivers seat E. J ournaled in suitable bearin gs, F, upon this cross-timber D is a foot-lever,

G, which has one end bent so as to extend at right angles to the timber D, and it is in such a position as to be most readily operated by the drivers foot. The other end, H, of thelever projects upward and is provided with a series of holes, inwhich the connecting-rod I can be adjusted for the purpose ofgiving a longer or shorter movement, as may be desired. This connecting-rod I extends stubbleward along the rear end of the binder-frame and has its other end connected to the turned-up end of the partially-rotating armsupporting shaft K.

This armsupporting shaft K is journaled in the two armsL, which are secured to the under side of theframe-work A, and which project outward from under the inclined surface 0. Pivoted upon this arm-supporting shaft K are a series of short cranked or bent levers, N,

to which the arms 0 are secured- The inner ends of these levers N are connected together .by means of a connectingrod, P, so that all of the levers will turn together. Extending parallel. with but separated a suitable distance from this partially-rotating arm-supporting shaft K is a rod, It, which is secured to the;

connecting-rod, U, which connects the leverT with the upturnedv end of the arm-supporting shaft K. When the shaft K is moved stubbleward by movement up or down of thefoot-lever, the outer ends of all. of the arms 0 are first dropped by the turning of the arm-supporting shaft K, and then asjthis-movement is continued the upturned end of thebearing exerts a pull upon the lever Tthrough the connectingrod U, and thus the connecting-rod P, which unites the ends of the levers N, causes themito turn upon their pivots between the arm-sup porting shaft and the rod R, and thus close the arms together to the side'of the machine, as shown, so as to discharge the bundle which foot-lever, the connecting-rod operated by the foot-lever, the partially turning and support ing shaft K, which is journaled in suitable it has been holding. When the end of the foot-lever is depressed and the upturned end of the arm-supporting shaft K is moved toward the binder, the armsupporting shaft K is raised into a horizontal position, carrying the bent levers N with it, and thus causing the outer ends of the arms 0 to rise at the same time. This turning movement of the armsupporting shaft K also causes the connectingrod U to move the long end of the cranked lever T toward the connecting-rod P, which is moving endwise, and causes all of the levers N to move upon their pivots between the armsupporting shaft K and the rod R in such a manner as to spread the arms 0 outward to receive the next bundle. ()ne movement of the foot'lever causes the arms 0 to have a closing and a falling movement to discharge the bundle, and the other movement causes the arms to have a spreading outward and a rising movement, so as to catch the next bundle as it falls from the inclined surface 0. Rigidly secured upon the top of the rod R is an inclined board, Z, which serves to prevent the bundles from falling under the reaper, and which also serves to assist in discharging the bundles by causing them to drop outward from it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. Ihe combination of the frame-work, the

arms or bearings secured to the frame and operated by said connecting-rod, the bent levers, which are pivoted upon this arm-supporting shaft and provided with arms, and which are connected at their inner ends by the 'endwisemoving rod P, a connecting-rod connected to the rod P, the pivoted cranked lever for moving the rod P endwise and causing the levers N to turn upon their pivots, and the connectingrod which unites the angular lever with the crank on the arm supporting shaft, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of impartially-revolving.

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Vitnesses:

F. SIEMZ, ADAM ZIMMERSOHIED. 

